The article characterizes the educational potential of the family, based on the values of Islamic culture. Theoretical achievements of family education proceeded from the integrity of human life, the unity of all its aspects of ethical, behavioral, worldview, including religious. For many centuries, family pedagogy has played a leading role in the formation of moral and ethical standards, the formation of pedagogical ideas for educating a person who meets both the social norms of society and the personal needs of a person. The universal priorities of upbringing, the ways of their implementation in the spirit of Islam are analyzed